Guardian Music — Noel Gallagher spreads his wings but doesn't stray far from Oasis in his solo debutAmong the more interesting stories to emerge from Oasis' split was Noel Gallagher's claim that he felt musically constrained by the band. He told Mojo magazine that an... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Some Fantastic PlaceOn Friday 6th August 2010 JC wrote a piece on the Dundee band The View’s single Superstar Tradesman and included in the article was a track which was in my opinion the worst ever cover version I’ve ever heard….Up the Junctio... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — In messy divorces, the ensuing battle over custody and alimony can be spiteful and bitter, and is usually at the expense of those caught in the middle. Paul McCartney, for example, forked out £25million to get that Heather Mills out of his life. Noe... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — The Kinks are there. The Smiths too. There's even a track you can dance to. Noel Gallagher talks us through the tunes on his solo album, and why this is like "the last postcard from the Oasis years". [...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — A biography of the ever-fractious KinksIn the course of this book, Kinks frontman Ray Davies comes in for quite a battering. His brother and guitarist Dave Davies says he has "vampire qualities … it's like having a big sucker on you". His ex Chriss... more info

Guardian Music — We run down the most overused repeat offenders, from REM's Everybody Hurts to Blur's Song 2 – but which did we miss?No one expects experimental new music to accompany TV montages of people sobbing in slow motion or wearily sanding floors. But latel... more info

Altsounds — Unwavering titans of British music and rock'n'roll demigods The Kinks return with the first ever box set of its kind documenting their early prolific career – 'The Kinks In Mono' – on November 14th. Inside this sensational Dansett... more info

Twangville — Public television in Boston showed an edited version of Do It Again, a movie about the Kinks, last night. The story revolves around Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter who sets out on a quest to reunite the legendary British band. Along the way, Ed... more info

Guardian Music — Frank Sinatra's own label had a wide variety of stars and this show made good use of its back catalogueThey Did It Their Way: the Story of Reprise Records (Radio 2) was an eye-opening chronological tour of the label set up and owned by Frank Sinatra.... more info

Guardian Music — PJ Harvey's prize-winning album skewers idyllic invocations of Englishness and exposes the brutal, violent realityMusical musings on the English nation have tended towards the cosily nostalgic. Think of the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, ... more info